Pencil-sharpener.



J. R. SEARIGHT.

PENCIL SHARPENER APPLIUATION FILED DEG,28,1912.

1, 1 03,47 Patented Aug. 2.5, 1914.

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adjusted or removed; and in the Front edge h of the slot.

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tain new and useful lni iroreinents in Pencil-Slmrpeners 01- which the following is a ers and more particnlarly to that type of sharpener which is orovided Witlii a. chamber or receptacle for receiving the cuttings.

'lheinvention resides in the provision of a, simple and ellicient device that may be easily and cheaply iminnfactored; in a. con struction. in which the knife 1T] aty be readily novel formation oil. a. seat for the knife, whereby clogging of the latter is prevented.

In the draWingS -Figore 1 is a perspective View of my improved pencil sharpener; Figs. Zand 3 aresiniilar views, respectively, of the body portions and the cover; and Figs. l and 5 are sections on the lines mm and g g of Fig. 1.

A designates the case or receptacle which is composed of a body portion 13 havine a removable top Wall or cover (l and a. kniie or blade D. The latter is carried by the cover, which is providedwith a seat having a longitudinal slot E therein over which the blade is arranged, and provided with a. mnnparativelyflat portion i in rear of the slot to Which the blade is seemed as by means of screws G. These screws pass through elongated apertures Pi adjecent opnosite ends of the blade and cngraer threaded openings I in the seat. Time. by loosen-- inp; the screws the bla do may be adjusted n ithii'i the limits of the elongated apertures H. In advance of the Bat nortion is a. r section J constructed toform at oppo ends of the slot inclines l'n the epic of which as ill he apnarent upon relerence to Fig. 3--are slightly inrear of the This erran gem ent' is very desirable since it provides in all. no"

sitions of adjustment :1, space between the cutting edge 0 of the blade and the front edge of the slot, thereby preventing clogging of the blade.

In order to reduce the cost of inamiij'actnrr-i to e minimum the body portion and cover are both shaped so as to be stamped from a Hat piece of metal. Asshown, the body porhad therein to Specificationof Letters Patent-. Pat t d A 25 1914' Ap lication filed December 25, 1am.

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jtion comprises a substantially rectalfignlar open-top member having the free edges oi: l'langesQ, While the cow-n: has down-turned} flzins'i'es llwliit have a, sliding engage eat [with the ontward r end-inkling :llanges to prevent disengagement oi? the cover c2;- ccpthy a. slidingmovement. At oneeiidfof oi? the receptacle and tion only oil. the remaining:

extending :t'or a porportion of niece of nictal inn disengageinent oi the cover .il rom the body if a relative lateral movement.said cover being: prrwitlec lengitndiin ngine; F

l with a sea-t otted ,y of the cover. and a1 lilllit} enseat having its cnttingedge en.- longitndinolly oi" the corn sitionei'l in operative relationto sax S A pencil sharpener. coinpr n naratirely new elongated rot 1r .lUQIH wall thereof provided "w ll" slotted longitndina l3 ofthe re Mt intacleeiml of the r the re( seat la inclines arranged at opposite ends oif said slot With the epic-es off the in" the sides terminating in sligl'ltly oiit trnl'nedf l: the body and which. are bent inwvard sulliciently tho co'ver the down-turned flange is discon tinned so as to allow the engagement or dis the length of the receptacle. the recepta clc r I iio'rn'nngl' a lnnirl-grrp, and a. knrie engaging comprising a out-turned ll alnges a ndf a cover.

ei ctendin for a ].l7l0'l1 onl i of the length ptacle. the remaining portlon of,

iele ftni'ining n hand-grlp, Sflltl olines slightly in rear oi said slot, a blade (-lfi'llg'zttm'l receptacle having a Well thereof provided with a. seat slotted longitndinally no i provided with elongated apertures and having the cutting edge thereof extending lo gitudinally of the receptacle, said blade engaging said seat and having its cutting edge positioned by said inclines in operative relation to the front edge of said slot, and securing screws passing through the elongated apertures and engaging the receptacle, said receptacle including a cover.

a. A pencil sharpener, comprising a comparatively narrow elongated receptacle com posed of a body portion stamped from a single piece of metal and a cover formed fro'in'a stamping, said cover and body portion being provided with interlocking flanges engageable by a relative longitudi- Copies of this patent may be obtained for nal sliding movement of the body and cover, said cover being lon itudinally slotted for a portion only of the ength of the cover, and a knife arranged in operative relation to said slot and extending longitudinally of the cover, said receptacle having a portion of sufiicient length beyond one end of the slot to form a hand-grip, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I a-fliX my signature in presence of two witnesses. JOHN R. SEARIGHT Witnesses: i

M. J. BELKNAP, JAMES P. BA RY;

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents; Washington, I). G. 

